Deputies seize 70 pounds of pot; Oregon RV driver charged
Tue Aug 23, 2011
Author: Transcript Staff
Source: The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Cleveland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Oregon man and recovered nearly 70 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $385,000 during a traffic stop Friday near Interstate 44 and Southwest 134th Street in Oklahoma City, a sheriff’s spokesman said today.
Deputies arrested Geoffrey Allen Woods, 51, Rogue River, Ore. He was booked in to the Cleveland County Detention Center.
Court records show he was charged Monday in Cleveland County District Court with trafficking in illegal drugs, possession of controlled substance without tax stamp affixed and unsafe lane change.
Woods’ arrest came after a Cleveland County deputy observed a recreational vehicle traveling southbound on I-44 cross the white lane divider five times in less than a mile.
The deputy stopped the vehicle for failure to maintain lane. Woods was identified as the driver.
A K-9 deputy and handler were called to the scene. The driver consented to a search of the interior and exterior of the vehicle.
As the dog searched the vehicle, he alerted to the possible presence of drugs. Deputies inspected further and found two large trash bags with a large amount of a green, leafy substance in a bedroom closet.
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